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At Cleantech Pitch Events, Solutions to Real World Problems Sought

January 24, 2014

In a series of pitch events held in NY, Boston and SF, panels of VCs critique startups ranging from big data and software to thermal energy storage and combustion engines, highlighting...

Seven Weird Cleantech Inventions

December 31, 2013

As our environment shows new signs of growing ever more extreme, humans are attempting to adapt to such rapid changes through inventions that are themselves extreme, and often just...

#1: VC’s Weigh In on Collaborative Consumption’s Growing Pains

December 31, 2013

Venture investors in the sharing economy reveal how they decipher real problems from temporary ones. Top story of 2013.

#5: Cleanweb Companies Attract Big Data and Big Money

December 31, 2013

Cleanweb insiders: It’s not too late to invest in “the most powerful technology of our lifetimes.” Top story of 2013.

#7: Firewater Fuel: New Energy Storage Breakthrough

December 31, 2013

Researchers have discovered a cheap way to store renewable energy, paving the way for mass clean energy adoption. A new company is seeking to commercialize this new technology by 2014....

WattJoule, Further Boosting Flow Battery Commercialization, Seeks More Funding

December 27, 2013

The developer of next-generation flow battery energy storage systems has signed a licensing agreement that will facilitate its full commercialization. However, the CEO received mixed...

DOE-Backed Distributed Storage Startup Receives First Angel Funding

December 20, 2013

Green Charge Networks received angel funding this week from Richard Lowenthal, founder and CTO of car charging network ChargePoint.

Surprising Takeaways from the 2013 Cleantech Open Global Forum

December 20, 2013

Water, agriculture, and a stronger business savvy were prevalent themes among this year's startups. VC Ira Ehrenpreis tells cleantech investors not to "jump ship."

Former US Energy Secretary Joins Board of Inventys, Maker of Carbon Capture Tech

December 20, 2013

Inventys is the developer of a pioneering method for capturing CO2 from coal and natural gas power plants.

Solexant Looks to Rebound in a Big Way

November 23, 2013

Rising from the ashes of a wave of solar startup failures caused by a glut of solar panel production, Solexant has been rebranded as Seva Power.